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catkin_create_pkg error

asked 2013-12-14 14:58:47 -0500

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Hi , when i use catkin_create_pkg firstpackage std_msgs rospy roscpp , I get the following error message.

usage: catkin_create_pkg [-h] [-s [SYS_DEPS [SYS_DEPS ...]]] [-b [BOOST_COMPS [BOOST_COMPS ...]]] [-V PKG_VERSION] [-D DESCRIPTION] [-l LICENSE] [-a AUTHOR] [-m MAINTAINER] --rosdistro ROSDISTRO name [dependencies [dependencies ...]] catkin_create_pkg: error: argument --rosdistro is required

I am using ros hydro on ubuntu 13.04 and as i am a beginner , can someone please help me answer this question ? thanks in advance.

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answered 2014-01-17 14:35:43 -0500

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updated 2014-01-17 14:37:08 -0500

You need to pass it the additional argument "--rosdistro hydro"

It will also pick up if you have ROS_DISTRO=hydro in your environment if you have already sourced the setup.bash from your installation.

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